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AfDB Annual Meetings Open in Maputo, Mozambique
14-May-2008 - Watch video The 2008 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group opened on Wednesday in Maputo, Mozambique, with more than 1,000 participants, including Presidents Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo and Armando Emilio Guebuza of Mozambique, attending. This year’s Annual Meetings are being held on the theme: Fostering Shared Growth: Urbanization, Inequality and Poverty.
AfDB 2008 Annual Meetings Round Table and Seminars
13-May-2008 - Tackling Urban Growth and Poverty
Ministerial Roundtable Discussions Open in Maputo
13-May-2008 - Maputo, May 13, 2008-Ministerial Roundtable discussions opened in Maputo, Mozambique, within the framework of the 2008 Bank Group Annual Meetings scheduled to take place from May 14-15, 2008, held on the theme: Fostering Shared Growth: Urbanization, Inequality and Poverty. The ministerial conference was attended by a wide audience, including high-level dignitaries from Africa and other regions of the world, development experts from multilateral, bilateral and non-governmental organizations, as well as the civil society, the private sector and...AfDB Posts Robust 2007 Financial Operations Results
12-May-2008 - 59% Rise in Approvals led by Infrastructure, Private Sector Watch the video Maputo, Mozambique, 12 May 2008 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group realized US$ 592.75 million net income from its 2007 operations with a 59% increase in project and programme approvals along with considerable increase in disbursements during the year ended 31st December 2007.
Africa’s Economic Growth Set to Strengthen in the Coming Years
11-May-2008 - Africa’s economic growth in 2007 was well above the long-term trend for the fifth consecutive year, and is expected to improve further in 2008 and 2009, says an AfDB-OECD-UNECA African Economic Outlook Report.
AfDB Annual Meetings-Ministerial Forum on Aid Effectiveness
11-May-2008 - Maputo, Mozambique, 11 May 2008 – African finance ministers, heads of multilateral development agencies, business leaders and civil society representatives attending the 2008 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group held wide-raging discussions on Sunday in Maputo, Mozambique, on critical development issues in preparation for the 3rd High Level Forum on Aid effectiveness scheduled to take place in September 2008 in Accra, Ghana.African States Prepare for Global High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
05-May-2008 - Kigali, Rwanda, 1 May 2008 – Some 200 delegates from over 40 African states ended a two-day workshop to review implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness on Wednesday. The 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness committed donors and partner countries to substantial changes to improve the effectiveness of aid to ensure that it achieves a greater impact on development.L'Afrique se prépare pour le Forum de haut niveau sur l'efficacité de l'aide
05-May-2008 - Kigali (Rwanda), 1er mai 2008 – Quelque 200 délégués de plus de 40 pays africains ont assisté mercredi à la clôture de l'atelier de deux jours destiné à faire le bilan de la mise en oeuvre de la Déclaration de Paris sur l'efficacité de l'aide. Dans la Déclaration de Paris de 2005 sur l'efficacité de l'aide, les donateurs et les pays partenaires s'étaient engagés à mettre en œuvre des changements substantiels pour renforcer l'efficacité de l'aide afin de renforcer son impact sur le développement.African States Prepare for Global High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
02-May-2008 - Kigali, Rwanda, 1 May 2008 – Some 200 delegates from over 40 African states ended a two-day workshop to review implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness on Wednesday. The 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness committed donors and partner countries to substantial changes to improve the effectiveness of aid to ensure that it achieves a greater impact on development.AfDB-Gabon: Libreville Hosts Oil and Gas Seminar
29-Apr-2008 - A three-day seminar on the management of proceeds from extractive industries in Africa, especially oil a and gas, organized by the African Development Bank Group in conjunction with other development partners opened in Libreville, Gabon, on Monday 28 April 2008. Participants include African government representatives and ranking officials from the financial and petroleum sectors as well as representatives of the private sector and civil society of African countries.AfDB Preparatory Workshop for High-Level Panel Accra Forum on Aid Effectiveness
29-Apr-2008 - Kigali, Rwanda, 29 April 2008 – More than 200 delegates meet in the Rwandan capital Kigali on Tuesday and Wednesday (29-30 April 2008) for the Africa Regional Preparatory Workshop for the High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness to be held in Accra, Ghana, from 3-4 September 2008. The delegates to the meeting organized by the African Development Bank Group, the Governments of Rwanda and Ghana, will discuss progress in the implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.AfDB & AFROSAI to Host African Auditors-General in Tunis
28-Apr-2008 - Tunis, 25 April 2008 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Bank Group, in collaboration with the African Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (AFROSAI), will host a Workshop on the "Challenges and Opportunities for Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in Africa" from 28 to 30 April in Tunis.James Wolfensohn, Eminent Speaker at the African Development Bank
25-Apr-2008 - Tunis, April 18, 2008 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) is pleased to announce the coming of James Wolfensohn, previous President of the World Bank Group, as a guest Eminent Speaker. Mr Wolfensohn will address AfDB staff and development partners in Tunis on Friday, April 25th, 2008, on the theme "Africa in a Global World: Partnerships for Success". The media are invited to the presentation. After the conference, at around noon, Mr Wolfensohn will be available for questions with members of the press. James Wolfensohn ResumeJames Wolfenshon souligne l’expertise de la BAD sur les questions africaines
25-Apr-2008 - L’ancien président de la Banque mondiale (BM), James Wolfenshon, a estimé vendredi à Tunis que la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) dispose sur les questions africaines d’une expertise que les autres institutions multilatérales n’ont pas. « Je ne suis plus à la BM depuis deux ans, je ne sais pas ce qui s’y passe aujourd’hui. Mais, je suis sûr que la BAD tient une place essentielle dans le fonctionnement du système multilatéral », a-t-il précisé lors d’un point de presse.
AfDB Grants US$ 1.8 million to Cote d’Ivoire
25-Apr-2008 - The AfDB Vice President in charge of Infrastructure and Regional Integration, Mandla Gantsho, and the Director-General of the San Pedro port authority (PASP), Mr. Desire Dallo, signed, on Wednesday April 23 in Abidjan, a grant agreement of US $1.8 million.
Accra HLF Africa Region Preparatory Consultation Workshop, Kigali, Rwanda, 28-30 April 2008
25-Apr-2008 - The Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness will be held in Accra, Ghana, from 2-4 September 2008. The African Development is a lead sponsor of the Accra Forum which will identify challenges and actions needed to overcome them to ensure improvements in aid effectiveness for 2010 and beyond.
Former World Bank President James Wolfensohn in Tunis
25-Apr-2008 - The former World Bank President, Mr. Wolfensohn, gave a lecture on Friday in Tunis on the theme "Africa in a Global World: Partnerships for Success", as part of the Bank Group’s Eminent Speakers Programme. Upon his arrival in Tunis on Thursday, Mr. Wolfensohn paid a courtesy call on the African Development Bank President, Donald Kaberuka, and held a working session with experts from the Chief Economist’s complex.
AfDB Infrastructure and Regional Integration Vice President in Cote d’Ivoire
24-Apr-2008 - The AfDB Vice President in charge of Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration, Mandla Gantsho, has expressed the AfDB Group’s support to the West and Central Africa Ports Management Association (AGEPAOC) on the sidelines of his visit to Cote d'Ivoire on Monday 21 April 2008.